The way I see it, there are two kinds of people in this world, those who don’t find Anchorman funny, and those who know the truth: that Anchorman is pretty much the funniest movie ever made (give or take a few other classics).

In case you haven’t heard yet, there are rumors for an Anchorman sequel. Dance. Twirl. Do what you must. Cannonball!!!

In other news, Barna has some new studies on alternatives to “conventional church” that is very interesting. Check out this excerpt keeping in mind that Christianity was nothing but house churches the first few decades (possibly longer):

In a companion study conducted by The Barna Group among Senior Pastors of Protestant churches, two out of three pastors agreed that “house churches are legitimate Christian churches.” Surprisingly, pastors from mainline churches were more likely than pastors from other Protestant congregations to consider house churches to be biblically defensible forms of church experience. Among the pastors least likely to support the legitimacy of house churches were pastors who earn more than $75,000 annually; African-American pastors; and pastors of charismatic or Pentecostal churches.

The views of Protestant pastors regarding house churches show that they assign both strengths and weaknesses to house churches. For instance, more than three-quarters of conventional church pastors (77%) contend that “house churches genuinely worship God.” Two-thirds (66%) said “a house church might be a better spiritual fit for someone than a conventional local church.” And three out of every five (60%) noted that “house churches produce genuine disciples of Christ.”

However, less than half of all pastors of conventional churches said that they would ever recommend a house church to someone (40%). Also, only one out of three conventional church pastors (31%) believes that “house churches have sufficient spiritual accountability.”

Good news right? In the words of Peter Griffin, “Wait a minute.”

- 1 in 3 pastors (from this survey) say that house churches are not “legitimate!”
- Wait are you telling me that pastors who make over 75 K a year don’t really support house churches. Shut up!
- 23% of these pastors don’t believe they “genuinely” worship God in a house church. What the…
- 40% had the nerve to say that house churches do not produce genuine disciples.
- 69% said a house church doesn’t have “sufficient spiritual accountability.”

This shouldn’t be shocking to me, but it is.

It is inexcusable.

Do these pastors have any idea what kind of churches there are when China was/is so much fun to be a Christian?

Good thing our church buildings have not become golden calves for anyone.

Help me. I’m trying to imagine Jesus thinking any of those things about house churches.

I’m calm. I love churches of all sizes, even ones with ignorant pastors. Truly I do. I just don’t get it. I don’t. And it hurts to hear leaders have these views and the implications for their churches.

What does this say about their view of “church?”

What does this view really think about the ministry of Jesus? Based on their criteria for accountability, genuineness, or making disciples?

Anchorman news, stay positive. Try not to regret this rant in the morning.

American Idol news. I normally have little to no interest in this show. I know I’m partial this season, but come one, Jason Castro can sing, and he likes Ray LaMontagne. He had the best performance of the night with David and Michael Johns.

Cheers.